2-Bit Idiots

EP62: While We Wait with @danWilcz

Bitcoin is a game of patience.  Daniel has been here a while and has shown more patience than most. Founder of HardBlock.com.au – Australia's oldest Bitcoin only exchange – he's stayed true to his principles since findin...

2022-11-07

Episode notes

Bitcoin is a game of patience.  Daniel has been here a while and has shown more patience than most.


Founder of HardBlock.com.au – Australia's oldest Bitcoin only exchange – he's stayed true to his principles since finding Bitcoin in 2013.  There have been hurdles and challenges along the way.  Brendo and I sat down with him to hear his story and seek his advice.  It left us with plenty to consider.  We discuss:





  • What it’s like being in Bitcoin full-time for 9 years

  • Starting a Bitcoin business 4 months after discovering Bitcoin

  • Jumping in on the 2013 price spike, and being underwater for 2 years

  • Coming from a computer system engineering and economics background

  • His rapid fall down the rabbit hole

  • Never really having a “real job”

  • Seeing a Bitcoin therapist

  • Being part of a social revolution

  • Managing risk in a Bitcoin business

  • Being de-banked more than 20 times

  • Building a service you’re happy to recommend to family and friends

  • Encouraging customers to self-custody

  • Shitcoin casinos

  • Can you build a Bitcoin only business and why

  • Industry bodies

  • The ethics of advertising

  • How you reach decisions

  • Can a business outperform Bitcoin

  • Local not global




Pod Shout-outs


www.twitter.com/HardBlockBTC


www.twitter.com/AusBitcoinPod


www.twitter.com/BitcoinAdelaide


www.twitter.com/AusBTCIndBody


www.twitter.com/aantonop


www.twitter.com/bitcoinbushbash




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